Health Governance in Europe: Issues, Challenges, and Theories (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415364522)

Health constitutes a core element of welfare states and a vital nerve in the trust relation between citizen and their governments. Focusing on the health sector, this book analyzes the closely interwoven relationship between the European Union and Member States. The authors explore the dynamic and multi-fold process of de-nationalizing health policies and illustrate how European policies develop in a sector that still appears to be under exclusively national competence. They describe the multiple forms and ways the Europeanization process takes, driven by market integration, public health crises and politics of consumer protection. The authors also provide a detailed analysis of key topics: the pharmaceutical sector, market regulation of medical goods and devices, food safety, the blood provision and plasma industry, European politics on bioethics, and risk reduction in the field of drug abuse. Providing a comprehensive and informed assessment of the Europeanization process in the field of health policies, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of health, European integration and policy-making.

Author: Monika Steffen
ISBN-10: 0415364523
ISBN-13: 9780415364522
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 03/10/2005
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.54h x 6.10w x 0.69d